Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Louisiana
in 2006 i was approached by a good friend if i wanted to aquire a hurricane damage home this was a verbal agreement he told me to fix the house and move in and then start paying him $500 a month the price was $75000 .i know i should have got it in writing but i did not.i trusted himand his wife.i paid $700 for 2 years until they came apon hard times then they wanted me to pay them out.the problem is they ask me to pay them $75000 after i payed them $700 for 2 years.i did not fight them then cause the house was still in there name.so i went to the bank a made a loan and payed them $7500 for the house.it is mine now.but i am out $15000 in payments i made to them.i payed them with a check with house note written on it.can i sue to recover my loss.
1 Answer from Attorneys
You will have to have more evidence than cancelled with your notation. Written documentation and witness testimony is your best evidence.